"Hey, kid," a worried voice snapped him out of his thoughts once he stepped outside. "Are you alright in there?"
"Huh?" Jeremy looked at him, puzzled. He didn't quite get what the man meant. "I think so?"
"Let me rephrase that," the agent continued, his expression calm, though the panic in his voice betrayed his true concern. "Strange things are happening in almost every Gate. Something's not right. Even the monsters inside seem to be mutating, just like the ones outside. Did you see or fight anything... abnormal?"
Jeremy's eyes widened. There was something off, actually. Could it be that it wasn't just his usual bad luck? he thought with irony.
"Now that you mention it…" he replied, nodding slowly. "The boss of this Gate wasn't your typical Rank B Desert Reaver with Medium Potential..."
"It was a mutated monster called a Crystal Reaver, still Rank B, but with High Potential," the boy continued.
